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    Intracrine activity involving NAD-dependent circadian steroidogenic activity governs age-associated meibomian gland dysfunction

    Canonically, hormones are produced in the endocrine organs and delivered to target tissues. However, for steroids, the concept of tissue intracrinology, whereby hormones are produced in the tissues where they ...

    Lena Sasaki, Yuki Hamada, Daisuke Yarimizu, Tomo Suzuki, Hiroki Nakamura in Nature Aging (2022)